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Level 1A Tales

Level 1A Tales

(2 x weekly)

 Tales (Twice Weekly)

(N) * Classic Myths to Read Aloud by William F.Russell

1A Year One:

  • Listening Level 1 (22 stories)

1A Year Two:

  • Listening Level 2 (17 stories)

(N) Stories taken from books of your choice from the following list:

  • English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs Free on Gutenberg
  • Favorite North American Indian Legends and other collections published by Dover Books
  • Old Peter’s Russian Tales by Arthur Ransome
  • The Green Fairy Book and other collections by Andrew Lang
  • Favorite Medieval Tales by Mary Pope Osborne

The following optional schedule may be used.

(N)*Classic Myths to Read Aloud by William F.Russell

Read aloud each story, and have students narrate. Many of the stories should be divided into two readings.

Level 1A Year 1

Term 1

  1. Gift of Athena
  2. Icarus and Daedalus
  3. The Origin of the Seasons
  4. Echo and Narcissus
  5. Damon and Pythias
  6. The Battle of Marathon
  7. Europa and Cadmus
  8. The Sword of Damocles
  9. Pegasus the Winged Horse
  10. Baucis and Philemon
  11. The Spinning Contest
  12. Exams or catch up week

Term 2

  1. Orpheus and Eurydice
  2. The Story of Io
  3. Halcycone’s Dream
  4. Phaeton and the Chariot of the Sun
  5. Cupid and Psyche
  6. Pygmalion and Galatea
  7. The Story of Theseus, Part One
  8. The Story of Theseus, Part Two
  9. Jason and the Golden Fleece, Part One
  10. Jason and the Golden Fleece, Part Two
  11. Jason and the Golden Fleece, Part Three
  12. Exams or catch up week

Classic Myths continues in Level 1A Year 2 

Term 3

Weeks 1-6

Favorite North American Indian Legends and other collections published by Dover Books

  1. How Glooskap Conquered Bull-Frog
  2. How Toad and Porcupine Lost Their Noses
  3. The Meeting of the Wild Animals
  4. The Story of Grizzly Bear and Beaver
  5. The Ants that Pushed on the Sky
  6. The Little Boy Man

Weeks 7-12

Old Peter’s Russian Tales by Arthur Ransome

  1. Tale of the Silver Saucer & the Transparent Apple
  2. The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
  3. Prince Ivan, the Witch Baby….
  4. The Stolen Turnips, The Magic Tablecloth…
  5. The Three Men of Power
  6. Salt

Level 1A Year 2

Term 1

Classic Myths to Read Aloud, Listening Level 2

  1. Perseus and the Gorgon’s Head
  2. The Riddle of the Spinx
  3. The Story of Helen of Troy: The Judgment of Paris
  4. The Stealing of Helen
  5. The Quarrel
  6. The Gods Take Sides
  7. The Wrath of Achilles
  8. The Wooden Horse
  9. The Return of Ulysses: The Greeks Set Sail
  10. Circe’s Palace
  11. The Perilous Voyage Homeward
  12. Exams or catch up week

Term 2

Weeks 1-5

Classic Myths to Read Aloud, Listening Level 2

  1. What Had Happened in Ithaca
  2. Ulysses Returns to Ithaca
  3. The Wanderings of Aeneas: Aeneas’s Escape from Troy
  4. Aeneas Searches for a Home
  5. Aeneas and Queen Dido
  6. Aeneas Visits the Lower World

Weeks 7-11

selections from

Favorite Medieval Tales by Mary Pope Osborne or

The Green Fairy Book and other collections by Andrew Lang

Week 12: Exams or catch up week

Term 3

selections from The Green Fairy Book and other collections by Andrew Lang 

 

 

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